From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Congratulations to the new GNSO Council and chair

by Kieren McCarthy on October 27, 2009

Earlier today, Chuck Gomes was selected by the new GNSO Council as its chair. The voting procedure needed 60 percent of both of the new houses – contracted and non-contracted – to vote in favour. A first round vote with Chuck Gomes and Olga Cavalli saw Chuck Gomes win 100 percent of the contracted house [...]

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Seoul opening ceremony – Funtwo rocks!

by Kieren McCarthy on October 26, 2009

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Update on website revamp

by Kieren McCarthy on October 20, 2009

Just before the Sydney meeting in June we announced we were running a usability study on the main ICANN website at icann.org and opened a survey to the community to provide their feedback. This is an update on that process just prior to the next meeting in Seoul, starting on Monday. Since June, ICANN staff [...]

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Seoul public forum topics and times

by Kieren McCarthy on October 19, 2009

The public forum in Seoul will take place on Thursday 29 October. You can find the latest information on the session webpage at http://sel.icann.org/public-forum. Session goals and outcomes: The public forum is the community’s opportunity to make comments on the main topics in front of ICANN at each meeting directly to the Board and in [...]

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DNSSEC Signed ROOT by July 1, 2010

by Mehmet Akcin on October 8, 2009

ICANN Lisbon meeting in 2007 was perhaps one of the most successful and fun meetings I had attended as a staff member. This week I have returned to the same venue in Lisbon , Portugal with different feelings , duties and priorities. My excitement have reached to the utmost levels even though this wasn’t my [...]

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Ask a question direct to the Board in Seoul

by Kieren McCarthy on October 8, 2009

An online question box where community members can ask questions directly to the ICANN Board and staff is open. The question box will take questions until Wednesday 14 October in preparation for the public forum at ICANN’s international public meeting in Sydney on Thursday 29 October. Questions are limited to two per individual and 50 [...]

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Overwhelmed by ICANN material at the moment? Here’s a quick guide

by Kieren McCarthy on October 5, 2009

If you are a regular ICANN community member, it is likely you are currently feeling overwhelmed by the amount of material that has appeared in the past week. So here is a quick guide to help make sense of it all. Sections are: JPA/Affirmation Applicant Guidebook/new gTLDs Fast Track/IDNs Public comment periods Seoul meeting And [...]

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ICANN ha firmado y se ha afirmado

by Pablo Hinojosa on October 1, 2009

ICANN ha firmado un documento de afirmación con el Departamento de Comercio de los Estados Unidos. Este acuerdo es histórico ya que valida el modelo de ICANN de una vez por todas y a nivel internacional. Cuando ICANN fue creada hace más de una década, nació como una organización fragil y experimental. Su evolución se [...]

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